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NTU Enterprise -Supporting enterprising minds since 2001

"Supporting en"If you’ve got a start-up, a growing business or an established enterprise that you want to take to the next level, we’re here to help. Co-creating with Nottingham’s vibrant SME community is at the heart of everything we do, in order to connect Nottingham Trent University and the wider enterprise eco-system."

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Fashion is expensive, but you may not be rich

No one has ever said that affluence is a barrier to entry into the fashion industry, but for us ordinary people, we have to admit that it's a struggle to look like [the Queen in PRADA] in the new season. Although you can overspend to fit in or to be vain, there is no need to do so.Entry-level earnings in the fashion industry, like many other industries, are not as high as you might think.

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Stop "fashion pollution" - How to reduce pollution in the clothing industry

Environmental protection and healthy living are becoming more and more closely related, with people paying more attention to fitness exercise in the office, healthy eating, green building, frugal design, waste reduction and reasonable sharing of resources taking root, and sustainable design becoming an important trend in the future of professional clothing. "According to data from the International Energy Agency and the World Wide Institute for Nature, it can be seen that the textile industry in fact accounts for only 0.7% of the world's total carbon emissions, less than 400 million tonnes." Hu Kehua, Deputy Director of the Social Responsibility Office of the China Textile Industry Federation and Director of the Sustainable Development Programme, said.

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Should we focus on digital media or more on craftsmanship?

John Smedley, as a company, is just about as old as the United States of America. Started only eight years after Thomas Jefferson signed the Declaration of Independence, the knitwear specialists of Matlock, Derbyshire, have developed and matured since. Exactly 230 years later the brand is not a sartorial pensioner lacking in relevance, but still a vibrant and energetic teenager. You’re only as old as you feel, as the saying goes. As a result, John Smedley is today a comfortable and natural part of London Collections: Men, the capital’s world renowned menswear week, where established giants showcase their biannual catwalk collections alongside new and upcoming avant-garde graduates.

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